HAWKE'S BAY CLUB

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 49, 26 August 1935, Page 6

HAWKE'S BAY CLUB

MR. LOWRY'S SUGGESTIONS

The.Horn H. A. Russell presided at the annual general meeting of the Hawke's Bay, Jockey Club at the weekend. It was very comforting, he said,to see that the club had finished up the season with a small profit, although it still owed six months' interest to debenture holders." While the club collected £3585 from the totalisator, the Government-collected £4300. Levies to the Racing -Conference were still exceptionally; heavy. : However, they ought to. feel,pleased that the property, had been rehabilitated, and,, at the manner in whichlthe course had been kept. "■■• ;>• .- :. ■ ■'"'•.. Mr. T.•■H;:-li6wry said that he had a nu.mber of suggestions to make. The ciub wanted more members, more money, and more horses at its meetings. He thought. the results of the year's working, in view of the strict economy-enforced* were really very poor.: First he considered they would haveto reduce the gate entrance fee from Is 6d toUs in order to get more people at the; meetings. The loss of Gd would make little difference,'as only about 500, people-paid ,at the gates, whereas as *the. result of increased. attendance more :people would bet. With regard to ; the number of horses at the meeting, sometimes a race could have a field of 18 or 20. and the next race would have four or five. The public would not invest'on small fields when they had,no hope of winning a good dividend. He,was of the opinion that some .means could be found of regulating fields so that seven or eight horses would be running in each race. This was done -in"Canada and the United. States,. and he saw no reason why it should not be done: in New Zealand. '= He would even suggest that'a 5s totalisator be inaugurated. ■-.-.-. It was suggested: by other speakers and by the chairman that a 2s 6d totalisator might be considered with a view to popularising racing in Hawke's Bay. After an association of over forty i years with racing and with the Hawke's I Bay Jockey Club, Mr. T. H. Lowry was made a life member of'the club. Mr. G. A. Maddison said that Mr. Lowry had done much for the sport not only in Hawke's Bay, but also in New Zealand.' He had raced.with success in all parts of the country, and his horses had achieved fame in Australia. Such famous horses as Desert Gold and Nigger Minstrel were well known. Mr. Lowry had been a stimulating influence on the sport in Hawke's Bay, and he always raced his horse to win. The club had been very much richer through having Mr. Lowry as a member. ' The election of officers resulted as' follows:—President, Mr. G. D. Beatson; vice-presidents,' Messrs.. F. D. Kelly and T. V. Morrin; hop. treasurer, Mr. Jj S. McLeod; committee, Messrs. G. Ebbetl, J. J. Gatenby, T. H. Lowry, J. N. Lowry, J.'A.,Macfarlane, G. A. Maddisonr H. R. Peacock, Hon. H. A. Russell, Messrs. T. S. Roulston, and-W. J. Wood. -_ ' f • ' MIGHT'S RELATIVE WJNS On account of the hard going at Newmarket on July 16 only three horses went out for the Soltykoff Stakes, a valuable two-year-old event run over five furlongs, and Sir Woodman Burbidge's Trelissia was a comfortable'winner from Charlotte Bronte. A well-made and ■ beautifully-bal-anced filly, Trelissia is by The Panther's half-brother Bhuidhaonach from Trefoil,'a half-sister to the Ascot Gold Cup •' winners ■ Trimdon and ■ Foxhunter. Trefoil was.by Rochester but' of Trimestral, who has also produced Trilogy (the dam of Dorigen, Scarlet Tiger, and Light Brocade), and Tryst (the dam of Young Lover and Assignation). Trimestral in turn is a half-sister to the Oaks owner Beam and to Graciosa, who was exported' to New Zealand, where her progeny' have included Might and Boomerang. Bred by Mr. R. F. Meyrick, Trelissia was purchased as a foal1 by Sir Woodmanßurbidge,for 310 guineas at the December.sales ot 1933. SMALL 'CLUBS IN TROUBLE A -request is- to be .made to the South Australian Government by the Southern Districts, Northern, and River Murray Associations for more assistance to country clubs, specially the sinallcr ones,. from the revenue received in betting: taxation, and for a reduction in the railway freight on racehorses. It is'pointed out that unless the small clubs, which do not benefit from off-the-course betting, receive assistance they will have to go out of existence,'and that would be detrimental to the interests of the more important country • clubs. _ It is considered that : the Government should allow the smaller clubs-a larger percentage from "inter-State betting.